chainwork

American  

[cheyn-wurk] / ˈtʃeɪnˌwɜrk /

noun

1. any decorative product, handiwork, etc., in which parts are looped or woven together, like the links of a chain.

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Etymology

Origin of chainwork

First recorded in 1545–55; chain + work

Example Sentences

The back part is composed of an intricate kind of chainwork, which bends when the book is opened, and the sides are embossed with a variety of devices.

From Visits To Monasteries in the Levant by Curzon, Robert

Some are anklets and armlets, and consist merely of plain gold rings, both solid and hollow, bordered with plaited chainwork in imitation of filigree.

From Manual of Egyptian Archaeology and Guide to the Study of Antiquities in Egypt by Maspero, G. (Gaston)

At its end the knight is often locked in plates from head to foot, no chainwork showing save the camail edge under the helm and the fringe of the mail skirt or hawberk.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" by Various

They were presently strolling along the stone-paved esplanade, with its granite posts connected by loops of one continuous iron chainwork.

From The Adventures of a Widow A Novel by Fawcett, Edgar

The house is filled with hum of voices eddying through the spacious chambers; lit lamps hang down by golden chainwork, and flaming tapers expel the night.

From The Aeneid of Virgil by Virgil